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��Ƶ launches survey on Llanito and Gibraltar English

Violetta Vedeneeva — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:26:02 +0000

Researchers at the ��Ƶ have launched a new study into Llanito, the distinctive hybrid vernacular spoken in Gibraltar, and its relationship to Gibraltar English. The project is led by Professor Brechtje Post, Professor Ioanna Sitaridou, Professor Laura Wright, and Research Assistant Amber Holt, and forms...

Dr Claire White publishes Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial with ��Ƶ University Press

Violetta Vedeneeva — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:44:05 +0000

We are delighted to share the news that Dr Claire White, Associate Professor of French in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, and Fellow of Girton College, ��Ƶ, has published her new book, Zola’s Dream: Idealism on Trial , with ��Ƶ University Press. The study takes as its starting...

Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins the 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation

Violetta Vedeneeva — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:01:11 +0000

This year, the Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation was awarded to Sophia Khwaja-Clarke for her project on translations of selected poems from the collection Un Montón de escritura para nada by Mexican poet and academic Sara Uribe. Like Phoebe’s project, this translation focuses on a Latin...

Anna May Wong Retrospective at the BFI

Violetta Vedeneeva — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:21:42 +0000

Dr Xin Peng has curated the upcoming BFI retrospective on Anna May Wong, drawing on her extensive research into the early Chinese American star's racialised performance, cosmopolitanism, and innovative engagement with new media technologies. This carefully curated season celebrates Wong’s remarkable and diverse career...

MultiLila Project Impact Film Now Live

Violetta Vedeneeva — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:47:32 +0000

We’re delighted to announce that the Raising Learning Outcomes (RLO) impact film focusing on Professor Ianthi Tsimpli’s ten-year long, collaborative work in India, which began with the MultiLila project (ESRC-FCDO), is now live on the UKRI for Researchers YouTube channel. Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/aeej6iZ7Dkw...

Sophia Khwaja-Clarke Wins 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Spanish Translation

Violetta Vedeneeva — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:32:24 +0000

The 2025 Phoebe Taylor Prize for Outstanding Work in Spanish Translation has been awarded to Sophia Khwaja-Clarke for her project on translations of selected poems from Un montón de escritura para nada by award-winning Mexican poet and academic Sara Uribe. Like Phoebe Taylor’s own prize-winning project, Sophia’s work...

Call for papers: 53rd ��Ƶ Romance Linguistics Seminar, 6-7 January 2026

Eleanor Stocks — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:26:07 +0000

The call for papers for the 53rd ��Ƶ Romance Linguistics Seminar is now open (6-7 January 2026, Trinity Hall, ��Ƶ). Papers (20 mins plus 10 mins for discussion) may be on any aspect of Romance linguistics, within any theoretical framework, and in any standard Romance language, or in English. The emphasis is on...

'Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550' Conference, 19-20 September 2025

Eleanor Stocks — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:41:25 +0000

Literary Devotions: Italy, c. 1200–1550 Trinity College, ��Ƶ, 19–20 September 2025 Generously supported by the ��Ƶ Intesa Sanpaolo Fund, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, and the Society for Italian Studies. The conference will be livestreamed; to register, please click here . In-person participation...

Teenage Diaries Reveal Private Lives Under Stalin’s Shadow

Violetta Vedeneeva — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 21:27:54 +0000

Love, Fear, and Resistance: Teenage Diaries from Stalin’s Russia Unearthed by ��Ƶ Researcher What did it mean to be young in one of the most repressive regimes of the 20th century? A groundbreaking new study by Dr Ekaterina Zadirko (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics, ��Ƶ)...

PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies

Violetta Vedeneeva — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:15:35 +0000

PhD alumnus Javier Moreno-Rivero awarded prestigious international prize for thesis in Translation Studies Dr Javier Moreno-Rivero, who completed his PhD in Linguistics at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics in 2023 under the supervision of Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett , has been awarded the...